Camargo Surname
Approximately 328,630 people bear this surname
Camargo Surname Definition:
The Castilian suffix "-ca" which is an interjection of disbelief is the first element of this place name. The second element is the word "amarga" meaning "pero que amargura se experimenta en este lugar." What bitterness is experienced here.
Read More About This SurnameCamargo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 163,943 | 1:1,306 | 151 |
| Colombia | 70,532 | 1:677 | 135 |
| Mexico | 34,581 | 1:3,589 | 487 |
| Venezuela | 14,203 | 1:2,127 | 371 |
| Argentina | 9,732 | 1:4,392 | 502 |
| Peru | 8,741 | 1:3,636 | 602 |
| United States | 7,250 | 1:49,994 | 6,047 |
| Bolivia | 5,717 | 1:1,857 | 349 |
| Panama | 5,443 | 1:719 | 143 |
| Spain | 2,509 | 1:18,634 | 2,065 |
| Uruguay | 2,086 | 1:1,645 | 204 |
| Philippines | 949 | 1:106,679 | 18,546 |
| Ecuador | 769 | 1:20,684 | 2,891 |
| Portugal | 425 | 1:24,514 | 1,625 |
| Guatemala | 220 | 1:73,103 | 2,603 |
| Canada | 207 | 1:177,998 | 17,780 |
| Cuba | 201 | 1:57,327 | 2,233 |
| Dominican Republic | 200 | 1:52,165 | 2,646 |
| Chile | 191 | 1:92,233 | 3,529 |
| Paraguay | 154 | 1:46,992 | 1,388 |
| England | 76 | 1:733,132 | 40,828 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Italy | 46 | 1:1,329,493 | 77,702 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Costa Rica | 23 | 1:207,829 | 2,614 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Camargó (1) are calculated separately.
Camargo (534) may also be a first name.
Camargo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Castilian suffix "-ca" which is an interjection of disbelief is the first element of this place name. The second element is the word "amarga" meaning "pero que amargura se experimenta en este lugar." What bitterness is experienced here.
A Castilian name from valley of Camargo in Santander. Spread throughout the Peninsula.
User-submitted Reference
Camargo is a family surname of Spanish origin originating in the Cantabrian region, who lived in the village of Camargo (Spain), from where they got their nickname, in the region of Burgos, in the north of Spain.
It is said that the first Camargo a request to the American Continent was D. Affonso de Camargo, by Voltage of 1539, with Zarpado de Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Andalusia, southern Spain)
The Camargo family has a coat of arms, in which the shield is of the English type, with the red border with 8 castles inside it, and inside the shield has 4 wells on it.
- guimendes51_Camargo is a surname of Spanish origin that originated in the Cantabrian region. It comes from the name of the town Camargo, Spain.
- melissauzumakiCamargo Demographics
Average Male Camargo Height
172.99 cm
Average Female Camargo Height
161.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Camargo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Camargo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Camargo occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Camargó. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Camargo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,668th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 22,176 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Camargo live; 84 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America. Camargo is also the 364,930th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 534 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 163,943 people, or 1 in 1,306. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 45 percent reside, Paraná, where 17 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent reside. Beside Brazil this last name exists in 87 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 21 percent reside and Mexico, where 11 percent reside.
Camargo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Camargo has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 45,313 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Camargo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Camargo surname are 42.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.24% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Camargo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 9.41% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,561 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning $23,146,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $37,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.41% less than the national average, earning $46,996 CAD per year.
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